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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentObstacles concerning the reuse of building materials and soil necessitate review of standards and rules
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/obstacles-concerning-reuse-of-building-materials-and-soil-necessitate-review-of-standards… outcome of two RIVM investigations into the obstacles and risks concerning the reuse of soil, dredged material and … inclusion of biological soil quality as a criterion in the assessment framework. Lastly, there is a need to map out … soil, dredged material and building materials could pose a risk to the environment, like for example PFAS. This can be …
Publication date: 09-05-2024Gastric balloons
https://www.rivm.nl/en/medical-devices/gastric-balloons… causes the patient to eat less and lose weight. There are risks associated with the use of gastric balloons. RIVM has studied whether scientific research identified risks that are not currently stated on the instructions for … There are risks associated with the use of gastric balloons. The …
Publication date: 09-19-2024Quality requirements for the safe use of purified wastewater in agriculture and horticulture
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/quality-requirements-for-safe-use-of-purified-wastewater-in-agriculture-and-horticulture… permissible level for a chemical. Pathogens for humans A risk assessment has been carried out for bacteria and viruses … in purified wastewater is negligibly small. The only risk is to greenhouse horticulture. This is because this …
Publication date: 09-10-2024Quality of protective equipment insufficient during COVID-19 crisis
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/quality-of-protective-equipment-insufficient-during-covid-19-crisis… same according to the description on the packages. No full assessment procedure RIVM tested and assessed the products … Due to the severe shortages, there was no time for a full assessment procedure during that period. Working with various parties, an abbreviated assessment procedure was therefore set up which approximated …
Publication date: 01-19-2022Recycled Plastic Packaging in the Netherlands Still Falls Short
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/recycled-plastic-packaging-in-netherlands-still-falls-short… out under the direction of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) by RIVM, TNO, and CML, in …
Publication date: 09-03-2024Post-COVID
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/post-covid… after COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccination lowers the risk of serious illness due to COVID-19, and also lowers the risk of developing post-COVID symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 … post-COVID. However, it is clear that there is a lower risk of post-COVID after infection with an Omicron variant …
Publication date: 09-03-2024RIVM expands HPV vaccination programme: girls and boys protected from six types of cancer with one vaccine
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/rivm-expands-hpv-vaccination-programme-girls-and-boys-protected-from-six-types-of-cancer-with… Protection from high-risk types HPV is a very common, extremely infectious virus … types of HPV, including variants that present a high risk of cancer. HPV types 16 and 18 are the most dangerous. …
Publication date: 01-31-2022COVID-19 vaccination and excess mortality
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/research/vaccination-excess-mortality… protect against death from COVID-19. RIVM also studied the risk of people dying of something other than COVID-19 after …
Publication date: 09-19-2024Webinar: Social and behavioural science for pandemic preparedness: BePrepared consortium
https://www.rivm.nl/en/agenda/webinar-social-and-behavioural-science-for-pandemic-preparedness-beprepared-consortium-0… an outbreak, it is important to understand citizens’ (risk) perspectives and how they make sense of the situation …
Publication date: 09-09-2024200 thousand people tested positive in one week
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/200-thousand-people-tested-positive-in-one-week… tested positive in recent weeks; these people have a higher risk of hospitalisation. During the past week (3-9 January), …
Publication date: 01-11-2022Archive COVID-19 updates 2021
https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/archive-covid-19-updates-2021… entry pass is a mitigation tool intended to limit risks when opening sectors, not a preventative measure to … Janssen vaccine. 22 June 2021 | 12:05 PM Researching the risk of COVID-19 during air travel RIVM and the Netherlands … Aerospace Centre (Royal NLR ) conducted a study on the risk that a person will become ill by breathing in the …
Publication date: 01-10-2022